﻿THE 
  NEW 
  BRUNSWICK 
  TORNADO. 
  415 
  

  

  with 
  palings 
  from 
  a 
  fence 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   the 
  outhouse, 
  C, 
  were 
  strewed 
  at 
  x. 
  u 
  and 
  t 
  have 
  received 
  their 
  

   direction 
  probably 
  from 
  the 
  onward 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  which 
  heaped 
  

   an 
  immense 
  mass 
  of 
  rubbish 
  againsf 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  break- 
  

   ing 
  it 
  in, 
  and 
  destroying 
  nearly 
  every 
  article 
  of 
  furniture 
  in 
  the 
  south- 
  

   west 
  room. 
  The 
  house, 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  just 
  described 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  it, 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  this 
  inward 
  rush. 
  The 
  facts 
  to 
  prove 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  also 
  an 
  upward 
  one, 
  will 
  be 
  stated 
  by 
  Mr 
  Espy. 
  The 
  

   trees 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  house, 
  and 
  beyond 
  u, 
  t, 
  s, 
  o, 
  were 
  

   carried 
  eastward 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  storm 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  

   still 
  further 
  north, 
  the 
  rafters 
  from 
  the 
  roof 
  of 
  the 
  dwelling 
  A 
  were 
  

   found. 
  

  

  Two 
  rows 
  of 
  trees 
  extended 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  to 
  the 
  

   road. 
  These 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  suffered 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  the 
  row 
  to 
  the 
  

   west 
  of 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  nearest 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  spout, 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  part 
  

   protected 
  by 
  the 
  house. 
  The 
  trees 
  which 
  were 
  uprooted 
  lie 
  in 
  direc- 
  

   tions 
  extending 
  over 
  the 
  sector 
  between 
  N. 
  15° 
  W. 
  and 
  N. 
  45° 
  E. 
  ; 
  

   much 
  the 
  greater 
  number 
  of 
  trees 
  being 
  thrown 
  between 
  north 
  and 
  

   north 
  east. 
  

  

  A 
  tree 
  at 
  d' 
  was 
  thrown 
  against 
  a 
  small 
  porch 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  

   east 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  destruction 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  this 
  house 
  renders 
  it 
  improbable 
  

   that 
  the 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  spout 
  did 
  not 
  touch 
  the 
  ground 
  there, 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  

   that 
  this 
  inward 
  rush 
  indicates 
  that 
  the 
  spout 
  had 
  its 
  velocitj' 
  momen- 
  

   tarily 
  checked 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  we 
  examined 
  a 
  wood 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Brunswick 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  Raritan. 
  This 
  wood 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  position 
  examined 
  by 
  professors 
  Henry 
  and 
  Johnson, 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  debris 
  inspected 
  by 
  them 
  had 
  been 
  removed. 
  

  

  The 
  case 
  here 
  presented 
  was 
  so 
  complex, 
  that 
  I 
  doubt 
  much 
  if 
  we 
  

   could 
  have 
  unravelled 
  it 
  without 
  previous 
  preparation. 
  The 
  irregula- 
  

   rities 
  encountered 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  edge, 
  see 
  diagram 
  figure 
  7, 
  detained 
  

   me 
  so 
  long, 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  only 
  able 
  generally 
  to 
  sketch 
  the 
  northern 
  bor- 
  

   ders, 
  the 
  directions 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  being, 
  however, 
  still 
  taken 
  w 
  T 
  ith 
  the 
  

   compass. 
  The 
  inward 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  forces 
  is 
  here 
  well 
  made 
  out, 
  

   notwithstanding 
  the 
  confusion 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  subsequent 
  forward 
  

   vol. 
  v. 
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